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Zeebrugge's Ghost Hotel Is Belgian Sadness In Microcosm
Among the printable things that make us gasp are unexpected sightings of grand dame hotels. So imagine the excitement yesterday when we were on a tram in non-descript Zeebrugge, Belgium, and caught sight of the corner of what looked like a huge old hotel. We got off at the next stop and ran back to the building.
And this is what we found: the shell of what had obviously once been a belle epoque hotel, but sadly gone to seed and renovated into what looked like apartments, from the for sale signs in a few windows.
A local informed us that it had indeed been a hotel, but that it had closed after the war, and been apartments ever since. And, rootling around online, we established that this started life as the Palace Hotel, Zeebrugge, then was later called the Residence Palace.
According to the garbled Google translation on this page, it seems that the hotel was built in 1914, just after the port of Zeebrugge was founded in 1907, to attract rich German cruise passengers stopping off on their way from Hamburg to America.
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The Grand Hyatt Cairo Is No Longer A Hyatt
Just as things seemed to be getting back to normal in Egypt comes a mini hotel news blow: Hyatt is dumping the Grand Hyatt Cairo.
A tipster pointed us in the direction of this “breaking news” story on Hyatt’s website claiming “unresolved contractual disputes with the hotel’s owner” for ducking out.
For several weeks Hyatt has been attempting resolution through a series of urgent communications with the hotel owner, Saudi Egyptian Touristic Development Company. Regrettably, resolution of the disputes has not been possible.
Could it maybe be over the issue of booze?
However, Egyptophiles, don’t lose heart just yet. The story also notes:
It is unfortunate that the contractual disputes have not been resolved, forcing us to exit this property, but this does not diminish how important Egypt is and will remain to the Hyatt brand. We will continue to operate two Hyatt hotels in Egypt, and are interested in pursuing new development opportunities there.
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You've Got Four Weeks To Bag A $119 Room At The Buckingham NYC
The 100-room, all-suite Buckingham Hotel has announced it's shutting the doors on 28 February for a big-time renovation—but not before some "last chance rates" drop nights to as low as $119 for a Midtown property just two blocks from Central Park.
The only catch (and it's not much of a catch) is that, currently, that rate is only bookable by phone via a specific number - 212 246 1500, and asking for extension 3201. If you get put through to reservations, they will not be able to help. Trust us - we tried this morning and the cheapest rate they could find was $179 - the same as what we were seeing on the website.
It seems like availability is good - we asked for a few dates in February and they were all available at the $119 rate, but a two night minimum is required at weekends.
